πυρπολέω

English (LSJ)

   A light and keep up a fire, watch a fire, Od.10.30, X.Cyr. 3.3.25; π. τοὺς ἄνθρακας stir up, fan the fire, Ar.Av.1580.    II burn with fire, Id.Th.727; τινα, of the bull of Phalaris, Phalar.Ep. 66.2:—Pass., Phld.Piet.89.    2 waste with fire, burn and destroy, τὴν οἰκίαν Ar.Nu.1497; πόλιν Id.V.1079; π. καὶ καίουσι καὶ σφάττουσι Luc.Cal.19:—Med., πᾶσαν πυρπολέεσθαι [τὴν Ἀττικήν] cause it to be burnt with fire, Hdt.8.50.    3 assail with fiery missiles, τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ πύργῳ τοξότας Palaeph.38, cf. 40.    4 metaph., ὥσπερ ἡ χίμαιρα π. τοὺς βαρβάρους, of a ἑταίρα, Anaxil.22.9, cf. Men.Mon.195; also of disease or pain, Nic.Th.245,364; of love, Ach.Tat.1.11.